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Microsoft hides key data flow information in plain sight

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Policing data hosted in Microsoft’s hyperscale cloud infrastructure could be processed in more than 100 countries, but the tech giant is obfuscating this information from its customers, Computer Weekly can reveal. According to documents released by the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) under freedom of information (FoI) rules, Microsoft refused to hand over crucial information about…

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Hamas lawyer challenges police after they seized legal files from phone in Schedule 7 stop

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A lawyer representing Hamas in a legal case in the UK is seeking a judicial review to challenge North Wales Police after he was stopped and questioned, and his mobile phone seized. The solicitor, Fahad Ansari, an Irish citizen, was detained for nearly three hours after being stopped under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act…

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Teen hackers charged over Scattered Spider attack on TfL

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Two men, named as Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair, have today appeared before Westminster Magistrate’s Court in connection with a 2024 cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL), after being arrested by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and City of London Police on 16 September 2025. Flowers, of Walsall in the West Midlands, was arrested…

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French court ruling may lead to legal challenges over state Sky ECC and EncroChat phone hack

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The French supreme court has turned to the European Court of Justice to decide whether EU citizens have the right to challenge the legality of evidence obtained by French law enforcement by hacking the Sky ECC cryptophone network. The Cour de Cassation has asked the European Court of Justice to rule whether French law is…

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Government meets with car parts suppliers amid JLR cyber crisis

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The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is conducting high-level engagement with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and the wider British automotive industry as car production remains suspended at JLR’s facilities following a cyber attack. DBT representatives today (Friday 19 September) held an extraordinary meeting with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) Automotive Components…

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Quantum startups fear EU too slow to lead

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Europe’s quantum startups fear a bureaucratic European Union (EU) administration will take too long to implement its strategy to become a global leader in the emerging technology, while inhibitive native investors threaten to starve them out of business for want of capital.With the second administration of European Commission (EC) chief Ursula von der Leyen concerned with US…

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Jaguar Land Rover admits data has been compromised in cyber attack

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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has revealed that a forensic investigation into the cyber attack on the company that took place on 31 August 2025 has found that data was stolen. In a statement on its web site, the car maker said: “Since we became aware of the cyber incident, we have been working around the…

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Splunk.conf: Cisco and Splunk expand agentic SOC vision

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At Splunk’s annual .Conf event, the Cisco-backed observability and data security specialist made its first run at the agentic artificial intelligence (AI) enhanced security operations centre (SOC), unveiling two agent-powered security operations (SecOps) tools for users to explore. In a Tuesday keynote address, Splunk security senior vice-president and general manager Mike Horn said SecOps must…

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Chat Control: EU to decide on requirement for tech firms to scan encrypted messages

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Law enforcement experts and policymakers are due to meet on 12 September to decide on proposals to require technology companies, such as Signal and WhatsApp, to scan all encrypted messages and communications before they are transmitted. The Danish presidency of the EU Council is pushing for a vote on the proposals, dubbed “Chat Control” –…

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M&S parts ways with CTO after cyber attack

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Marks & Spencer (M&S) chief digital and technology officer Rachel Higham is to leave the retailer, in the wake of a ransomware attack on its core systems from which it is still recovering. Higham, who had been in post for less than two years, will be replaced by current retail director Sacha Berendji, according to…

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